Twine holder and take-up.



PATENTED OCT. 23, 1906.

J. L. ORR. TWINE HOLDER AND TAKE-UP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1906.

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JOSEPH LAWRENCE one, or LYNlJHBURQYIRGINIA.

' [TWINE HOLDER AND TAkE-UP.

the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices of that class employed for holding and taking up twine and used is stores for the purpose of drawing back the end of the twine'or string after the tying of a package.

The principal ob ect of the invention is to provide a twine holder and take-up of very simple and economical construction and which may be employed to take up a fixedv invention.

length of twine at each operation without withdrawing any twine from theball or cone.-

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this typein which the takeup member may be readily threaded or connected to the twine.

With these and other objects in' view, as w ll more fully hereinafter a pear, the invention consists in certain nove features of conarts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a twine holder and take-u constructed in accordance with the Fi 2 is a sectional lan view of the weight-gui in tube on an en argfed scale, the view belng ta on on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. tive view of a portion of the same, the view also illustrating a slight modification in construction. 1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondin parts throughout the several figures of the rawings.

The device is mounted on a suitable base 10 of any desired form, the base being secured in position on a shelf or other sup ort adj acent to the wrapping-tlible. To t is base is secured a conical guide or su ort 11, that is arranged for the reception o the ball or cone a: of twine, and said base is preferably provided with a suitable cup 12, which surrounds npecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 7, 1906. Serial No; 299,977.

Fig. 3 is a perspeccatching of any loose loops which may be formed. 2 i At a point above tlieball or coneof'twine is arranged a friction holding device in the form of a support 15, having an opening for on the twine and held from excessmov'ement by a small ear or In I 1.7. The support 15 may be in the form'o' an inverted-U-sha ed arm, extending completely over the bal or. cone of twine, or it may manner shown in Fig. 3.

Secured to the ba e 10 is the lower'end of a tube 20, the upper end of which extends to Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

the twine and .forms a guard toiprevent-the I the passage of the twine, an to this support is hinged a friction-plate-l 6, arranged to restbe supportedinrthd a considerable distance above the frietionplate 16 and is bent or turned outwardly fbi" any desired distance.- T he bend is 'comparh tively sharp, and the two portionsof the' t ube are arranged nearly at a right angle tobabh other, while the outer wall of the tube at the bending-point and on both sides thereof is provided with a slot 22, throu h which thetwine may be passed while t eading the take-up weight. i

The bottom of the tube is closedby a; removable plug 23, and within said tube fits'a take-u weight 24 of an desired construction, t e weight being free to slide withinthe ube and its upper end being provided, with an elongated eye 25, through which thef twire is threaded. From one side of the weight projects a handle or loop 25', which] extends through a "ertical slot 26,-f0rmed in the wall of the tube. prevent turning of the weight and twisting of the twine and at the same time aflords a read threadlng position.

When the end of the twine is ulled to draw a sufiicieht length from the ba 1 or cone for the urpose of tying an article, the takeu weight 24 will be drawn up to the to of tlie vertical portion of the tube, and w en the twine is severed and the, end released the weight will descend by gravity, and the loose end of the twine wil This handle serves to means for raising the weight to e drawn back to a 4 point near the discharge end of the tube, a'

portion of the twine always protrudin in convenient osition to be grasped an withe drawn.

t is to be understood that the friction exerted by the late 16 on the twine is suflicient to prevent t e withdrawal of any;

twine from the ball or cone during descent of ably mounted in the verti the Weight, so that the letter only takes up ,in construction and may e rendiiy pieced in any position convenient to the wrappingtabie. l ele1m- 1. In it twine holder one teiqeeup, meuns for supporting a wound mess f twine, u tube bent to. form an approximately vertical portion, and on epproximetely horizontal die-1 livery port on, the tw ne be ng threaded through the letter, a weighted tithe-up slid; ei porti n f the tube and having on eye ior the passage of the twine, the tube being slotted t the bend to permit the threading of the twine throu 11 sai ey 2- fn a twine holder end take-up, means for Supporting a wound m s f twin e wineguiding tube bent to form approximately Vertical and horizontal portions, there being aslot at the bend of the tube, and the vortieel portion of the tube having an elongated slot, 1 take-up member slidzibly mounted in 3 5 the vertioai oortion of the tube and buying an eye for too passage of the twine, and ii handle extending outward from the trike-up" member through the Vertical slot.

3. In it twine holder and take-up, 1110mm for supporting u wound muse of twine, it support arranged thereubove end having an Sip-811mg ior: the passage oi the hymn, :t .mngon HWtlOH-Plfmt arranged to rest on the twine, o, bent tube at one side of the twinesupport, ei -id tuli having approxinletoly vertical and horizontal arms, and being provided sit the l'mlldrugqX-Mt with at slot to permit threading of the twine through the approximately horizontal tube, and einkup weight slidalble n e vertical portion of the tube and provided with an eye through wh ch the twine msses.

In testimony t at 1 claim the foregoing us my own I have hereto otiixed my signature 5 11; the presence of two itnesses.

JQSEPH LAWRENCE ORR. iWit-nesses:

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